Myspace

SAN FRANCISCO: MySpace on Wednesday officially launched an instant messaging service customized for users of the teen-oriented social networking website. MySpace released the beta test version of the service without fanfare in a "soft launch" last year and says it spread "virally" to more than 17 million users. "This is a product with personality," said MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson. "MySpaceIM was born out of user feedback and we've spent the last year...

SAN FRANCISCO: LinkedIn, a website focused on job seekers and recruiters, surpassed MySpace to become the No. 2 social-networking service in the US last month, boosted by its initial public offering in May. The company had 33.9 million visitors in June, up 63% from a year earlier, while Myspace had 33.5 million, down 50%, according to a Reston, Virginia-based ComScore report . Facebook remained the largest social- networking site...

LONDON: While social networking sites, like Orkut, Facebook and Myspace, have readers posting all sorts of personal details online, a large number of young users insist that they would be more watchful before putting such content online if they knew the media might use them, says a new poll. In fact, 80 percent of social networking site users have said that they would be more careful about the details as they do not know that the media might use it. According to a poll of 1,000...

NEW YORK: MySpace has extended its search and advertising deal with online search leader Google Inc for several years, though it's doubtful that it's worth as much as the original agreement the two signed in 2007. MySpace said Thursday that Google will continue to power News Corp.-owned MySpace's search and advertising and will provide additional display advertising services. The previous ad-sharing deal between the companies expired in August and was...

NEW YORK: Bringing the curtains down on Rupert Murdoch's alliance with his one-time prized buyout, News Corp has sold its ailing social networking site Myspace, reportedly for a paltry USD 35 million. Once a popular networking site, MySpace has been grappling with tough times especially with the emergence of the hugely popular Facebook . Digital media entity Specific Media would team up with Grammy-award winning singer Justin...

LONDON: News Corp. owned website MySpace is planning to axe about half of its staff, cutting the number of employees to about 500 to make the company more attractive to potential buyers,following a decline in profits at the social network, says a media report. " MySpace is preparing to axe about half of its staff, cutting the number of employees to about 500," the Financial Times reported. " Most of the staff affected by the cuts will be told on...

SAN FRANCISCO: MySpace said on Thursday it plans to launch a bilingual version of its leading social-networking website tailored to US Latinos. MySpace Latino is to be unveiled at a Latin Billboard music conference in the US state of Florida next week. The website will be in Spanish and English and its offerings will include entertainment, sports, music, and fashion content from Impremedia, Gibson Guitar, Remezcla, Billboard and Spanish...

LOS ANGELES: MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a move the News Corp-owned online hangout says will make it more efficient. The cuts amount to about 420 people, bringing the total number of MySpace's US staff to 1,000. The move comes less than two months after Beverly Hills, California-based MySpace got a new CEO, Owen Van Natta, a former executive from rival Facebook. MySpace says the restructuring crosses all of its U.S. divisions. The company...

NEW YORK: Bringing the curtains down on Rupert Murdoch's alliance with his one-time prized buyout, News Corp has sold its ailing social networking site Myspace, reportedly for a paltry USD 35 million. Once a popular networking site, MySpace has been grappling with tough times especially with the emergence of the hugely popular Facebook . Digital media entity Specific Media would team up with Grammy-award winning singer Justin...

BOSTON: MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users. An arbitrator has ruled that Scott Richter and his Web marketing company, Media Breakaway LLC of Westminster, Colorado, must pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in attorney's fees for barraging MySpace members with unsolicited advertisements. Media Breakaway and its employees were also banned from the site. ...

LOS ANGELES: MySpace says it will acquire iLike, the largest music application for social networks, confirming rumors that have been circulating this week. Terms were not immediately disclosed. ILike, which has 55 million users, will remain headquartered in Seattle and its management team will stay intact, with brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi in the top two slots. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta said in a statement that the acquisition "advances our...

NEW YORK: MySpace has extended its search and advertising deal with online search leader Google Inc for several years, though it's doubtful that it's worth as much as the original agreement the two signed in 2007. MySpace said Thursday that Google will continue to power News Corp.-owned MySpace's search and advertising and will provide additional display advertising services. The previous ad-sharing deal between the companies expired in August and was extended for a...

LOS ANGELES: MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too. That means people on Facebook can see their friends' MySpace items without leaving Facebook. MySpace users will also be able to share music, videos, game applications, links and photos across both social networking sites. The changes announced Monday are part of an overhaul at MySpace, which has faced...

NEW YORK: Media conglomerate News Corp is in talks with Microsoft and Yahoo for an advertising deal with its group firm MySpace, as an existing contract with Google expires in August, a media report said. Attributing to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal said, "News Corp is in discussions with Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc about replacing MySpace's crucial search-advertising partnership with Google, which expires...

NEW YORK: Social networking site Facebook has been adjudged as the most visited site on the web in April by a list compiled by search engine Google. According to the list of top 1,000 websites, Facebook scored more than 540 million unique visitors in April, reaching a whopping 35.20 per cent of the all the Internet consumers. Besides, the company served 570 billion page views during the month, beating every other site on the web. Interestingly, Facebook...

WASHINGTON: Struggling social network MySpace plans to unveil simplified privacy settings in a bid to differentiate itself from rival Facebook, which is under fire over its privacy practices, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday. The newspaper, which is owned by News Corp, which also owns MySpace, reported that the new MySpace privacy controls would take effect in the coming weeks. The Journal said the new controls give users the option to select one privacy...

LONDON: News Corp. owned website MySpace is planning to axe about half of its staff, cutting the number of employees to about 500 to make the company more attractive to potential buyers,following a decline in profits at the social network, says a media report. " MySpace is preparing to axe about half of its staff, cutting the number of employees to about 500," the Financial Times reported. " Most of the staff affected by the cuts will be told on...

PARIS: Fears that teenagers using the social networking website MySpace are exposing themselves to sexual predators by disclosing too many personal details are probably overblown, researchers say. Criminologist Sameer Hinduja of Florida Atlantic University and Justin Patchin, a political science researcher at the University of Wisconsin, randomly selected 9,282 profiles out of the 100 million purportedly available on MySpace....

NEW YORK: Facebook's millions of users are a lucrative target for Internet criminals looking to steal passwords and more. To combat malicious attacks, phishing scams and spam, the online social network is rolling out new security features . You can ask to be notified by e-mail or text message when your account is accessed from a computer or mobile device you haven't used before. The log-in attempt may be legitimate when you're traveling, but if you haven't left home in a week, you...

LOS ANGELES: Owen Van Natta is stepping down as CEO of struggling social networking site MySpace, effective immediately, after less than a year on the job. MySpace's parent, News Corp., made the announcement late Wednesday. The former chief revenue officer at MySpace rival Facebook will be replaced by Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, who were promoted to be co-presidents. All three men joined MySpace last April. Jon Miller, the chairman of...